Application of cervical collars may reduce cervical spine movements but render tracheal intubation with a standard laryngoscope difficult if not impossible. We hypothesised that despite the presence of a Philadelphia Patriot cervical collar and with the patient's head taped to the trolley, tracheal intubation would be possible in 50 adult patients using the GlideScope and its dedicated stylet. ...

This study tested the hypothesis that trauma memories are disjointed from other autobiographical material in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Assault survivors with (n = 25) and without PTSD (n = 49) completed an autobiographical memory retrieval task during script-driven imagery of (a) the assault and (b) an unrelated negative event. When listening to a taped imagery script of the worst m...

Objectives: This study aimed to identify the areas of strength and needing improvement in internal medicine residency curriculum a developing country - Sudan. Materials Methods: qualitative was conducted at six major teaching hospitals Purposive sampling used select 48 residents who participated focus group discussions (FGDs). All FGDs were audio taped lasted between 60 90 min. Data collection ...

INTRODUCTION Accelerometer-based physical activity monitoring has become the method of choice in many large-scale physical activity (PA) studies. However, there is an ongoing debate regarding the placement of the device, the determination of device wear time, and how to solve a lack of participant compliance. The aim of this study was to assess the compliance of Axivity AX3 accelerometers taped...

TAPeD is a project at the Cognitive Interaction Technology, Center of Excellence (CITEC) at Bielefeld University, with the aim to develop an automatic prompting system in the healthcare domain. In comparison to systems applied in individual user’s homes to prolong the user’s independence in everyday life [2], we aim to develop a system for a residential home where persons with different cogniti...

OBJECTIVE To assess the benefits of giving parents tape recorded child development centre assessment report summaries. DESIGN Prospective randomly allocated study. SETTING Child development centre, Birmingham Children's Hospital. SUBJECTS Parents of 113 consecutive children attending for multidisciplinary developmental assessment. OUTCOME MEASURES Recall of information and use of, and v...

A patient-recorded audio-tape of intrusive ideation was employed as the anxiety evoking stimulus during the course of exposure therapy with an obsessional neurotic. Detailed records of the patient's subjective anxiety within and across treatment sessions documented the remission of self-reports of obsessional ideation. Treatment gains were maintained at 1-year follow-up.

BACKGROUND Self-management is a key recommendation for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Educational materials may support self-management, and increasingly patients are becoming involved with the development of these materials. The TITRATE trial compares the effectiveness of intensive management to standard care in patients with moderate RA across England. As part of the intensive managem...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify the cultural values, traditions, and perceptions of diabetes risk and self-care among Filipino Americans in Hawaii with type 2 diabetes that facilitate or impede engagement in diabetes self-management behaviors and education classes. METHODS This qualitative study used 2 rounds of semistructured focus groups and interviews. Participants includ...